Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into a dozen or more segments or lanes. The player controls a claw-shaped spaceship (named Blaster) that crawls along the near edge of the playfield, moving from segment to segment. Tempest was one of the first games to use Atari’s Color-QuadraScan vector display technology. It was also the first game to allow the player to choose their starting level (a system Atari dubbed “SkillStep”). This feature increases the maximum starting level depending on the player’s performance in the previous game, essentially allowing the player to continue.

Three regions, dozens of islands, hundreds of quests!
Limitless sailing in real time – use the Global Map only if you want to!
Share the world of Tempest between you and your friends. Pirate, trade and do quests together, or declare war on each other and watch the ocean burn!
Want to be a lone sea wolf? Multiplayer is only an option, the game is originally designed for singleplayer.
Buy ships, upgrade your ships, decorate your ships!
Buy something cheap and sell it at a higher price… Or plunder galleons, sink warships, destroy forts!
Kraken’s sea-friends are waiting for you!
Use mystical crystals to escape the enemy’s cannonballs, bring down meteorites onto your opponent or call a huge octopus to your aid!
Level up your pirates, let them grow from sailor boys to skilled old salts!
Hey Captain! Now that you’ve got the Jolly Roger fluttering in the wind over your ship, you’re ready to rove the seas, take on merchant ships loaded with booty and storm formidable fortresses. Set sail and get your hands on all those legendary treasures that are just waiting for the picking!
When we created, we focused on the most thrilling part of pirate life – sea battles.
As you navigate the dangerous waters of the game you won’t just catch up with merchants, but you will encounter fellow pirates, creepy followers of a mysterious cult and terrible mythical monsters: Kraken, Leviathan and other infamous creatures.